Elevating the Post-Acute and
Long Term Care Profession

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Session Title Session Date/Time Handout Link
T01 - Difficult Behaviors: Managing without Antipsychotics April, 28, 8:30 AM
T02 - Five-Star - Blowin' in the Wind April, 28, 8:30 AM
T03 - 'Changes are in the Wind' with a' la carte dining. April, 28, 8:30 AM
T04 - Creating, Updating and Expanding Your Memory Fitness Programs April, 28, 8:30 AM
T05 - Staffing Best Practices for High Quality Care & Lower Costs April, 28, 8:30 AM
T06 - The Acuity Conundrum April, 28, 8:30 AM
T07 - ICF-IID Strategies for Changing Times ....What is your Game Plan? April, 28, 8:30 AM
T08 - Ethical Decision Making- Changing a Squall into a Breeze April, 28, 8:30 AM
T09 - Up Up and Away with Mediocre Therapy Documentation April, 28, 8:30 AM
T10 - Infection Control April, 28, 8:30 AM
T11 - Falls, Accident, QAPI April, 28, 8:30 AM
T12 - 2014-2015 Legal Update -- Which Way Is the Wind Blowing? April, 28, 8:30 AM
T13 - Life Safety Code: Today and Tomorrow for Nursing Facilities April, 28, 8:30 AM
T14 - Annual Meeting April, 28, 10:00 AM
T15 - Hot Topics for Dining & Nutritional Services April, 28, 10:00 AM
T16 - Hot Topics for Activities April, 28, 10:00 AM
T17 - Hot Topics for Human Resources April, 28, 10:00 AM
T18 - Bullying - Not Just on the Play Ground Anymore (Resident-on-Resident focus) April, 28, 10:00 AM
T19 - Nursing Home to Post-Acute Care - Change, Transition, Success April, 28, 10:00 AM
T21 - Maintaining Strong Clinical Outcomes with Reduced Time and Funding April, 28, 10:00 AM
T22 - F 314: Soar to New Heights with Pressure Ulcer Prevention April, 28, 10:00 AM
T23 - How New Quality Regulations Impact Hospice and Long-Term Care April, 28, 10:00 AM
T24 - Teamwork as We Navigate Through Our New Health System April, 28, 10:00 AM
T25 - DODGE THOSE FLYING MONKEYS! Keeping Yourself Aloft in Post Acute Care. April, 28, 10:00 AM
T26 - General Session: The Funny Thing about Stress April, 28, 11:45 AM
T27 - Come Off Cloud Nine: Clear Nursing Documentation to Support Rehab Survices April, 28, 3:45 PM
T28 - Transforming Care: Making Nursing Facilities safe to provide acute Medical Care April, 28, 3:45 PM
T29 - Food is Medicine April, 28, 3:45 PM
T30 - Dementia and Person Centered Care April, 28, 3:45 PM
T31 - Your Top 10 State Survey Deficiencies: What Survey Citations are In the Wind and Tips for Sailing to Success! April, 28, 3:45 PM
T32 - Re-hospitalizations: Solutions Through Root-Cause Analysis April, 28, 3:45 PM
T33 - Hot Topics for Assisted Living April, 28, 3:45 PM
T34 - Hot Topics for ICF IID April, 28, 3:45 PM
T35 - Weather the Whistleblower Tempest With Confidence April, 28, 3:45 PM
T36 - Quality of Life: Making the Last Years the Best Years April, 28, 3:45 PM
T37 - The Dollars and SENSE of Reducing Falls Risk in LTC April, 28, 3:45 PM
T38 - Connecting the Dots: MDS, Quality Measures and 5-Star Rating April, 28, 3:45 PM
T39 - Legal Updates: Survey, Enforcement, HIPAA and Compliance April, 28, 3:45 PM
T40 - Hospital Relationships - The Key To The Future April, 28, 3:45 PM
W01 - Annual Meeting April, 29, 8:30 AM
W02 - Basic Medication Services for Assisted Living April, 29, 8:30 AM
W03 - Financial Exploitation as a form of Elder Abuse April, 29, 8:30 AM
W04 - Understanding Today's Generation: Reducing Staff Turnover (Orientation, Training and Retention) April, 29, 8:30 AM
W05 - Person-Centered Care and Food Safety: Both Can Be Achieved April, 29, 8:30 AM
W06 - 35 Free and Affordable Life Enrichment Programs April, 29, 8:30 AM
W07 - COMMUNICATING WITH DEMENTIA RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES April, 29, 8:30 AM
W08 - Funded Rehabilitation in the Post Acute Setting - The Typhoon April, 29, 8:30 AM
W09 - Alarms - An Alarming Question of Change April, 29, 8:30 AM
W10 - Keep your survey from heading 'south' with the winds. April, 29, 8:30 AM
W11 - Fortify Customer Service Efforts to Withstand the Winds of Change April, 29, 8:30 AM
W12 - General Session: How to Handle Change Before Change Handles You April, 29, 10:15 AM
W13 - Who me? April, 29, 2:30 PM
W14 - Preventing a Decline in ADLS: Mobility Enhancement and Restorative Nursing Programs April, 29, 2:30 PM
W15 - Tips for Managing Changes in Intellecutal/Developmental Disabilities Services April, 29, 2:30 PM
W16 - Human Resource Case Studies: Learning from OtherĂ¢€™s Mistakes April, 29, 2:30 PM
W17 - Understanding the Generational Differences in the Workplace:: Managing Effectively April, 29, 2:30 PM
W18 - Maximizing Music Therapy April, 29, 2:30 PM
W19 - Nonpharmacologic Management of Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia April, 29, 2:30 PM
W20 - The Survey and Enforcement Session: What Has Changed? April, 29, 2:30 PM
W21 - Improving the Management of Diabetes April, 29, 2:30 PM
W22 - How to Engage your Associates by Creating a Positive Work Environment April, 29, 2:30 PM
W23 - Managing Quality Measures Through Data Accuracy and Quality Improvement Strategies April, 29, 2:30 PM
W24 - SNF Survey Success: Peer Review Tips for the Whole Team April, 29, 2:30 PM
W25 - THE PERFECT STORM- A DISTINGUISHED POST ACUTE REHABILITAITON PROGRAM April, 29, 2:30 PM
W26 - F 329: Unnecessary Drugs - A Resident Centered Approach to Compliance April, 29, 2:30 PM
W27 - What To Do If the Government Comes Knocking April, 29, 2:30 PM
W28 - Wound Infection; Houston We Have a Problem April, 29, 2:30 PM
W29 - Don't Let IJ's Stop You from Soaring April, 29, 2:30 PM
W30 - Targeted Hot Topics in Risk Management - Focus on Falls, Elopements, and Pressure Sores April, 29, 2:30 PM
W31 - Opening Minds through Art-OMA April, 29, 4:15 PM
W32 - ICF/IID Reimbursement System Trends and Strategic Initiatives April, 29, 4:15 PM
W32 - ICF/IID Reimbursement System Trends and Strategic Initiatives April, 29, 4:15 PM
W33 - It's None of Your Business: Workplace Privacy Issues April, 29, 4:15 PM
W34 - Sensual Nutrition (Health by Stealth) April, 29, 4:15 PM
W35 - Activities for Bedridden Residents April, 29, 4:15 PM
W36 - Management of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) - Change is in the Air April, 29, 4:15 PM
W37 - Abuse and Incident Investigations: Is Your Facility CSI Team In Place? April, 29, 4:15 PM
W38 - Palliative Care: Myths vs. Reality in the New Era of Healthcare April, 29, 4:45 PM
W39 - Readmissions from the Acute Care Perspective April, 29, 4:45 PM
W40 - Powers of Attorney - Not all are alike April, 29, 4:45 PM
W41 - Delirium, Dementia, and Depression April, 29, 4:45 PM
W42 - Drug Diversion in Long Term Care April, 29, 4:45 PM
W43 - Regulatory Updates: How Do We Operationalize? April, 29, 4:45 PM
W44 - Perfecting the Medication Pass: Lessons Learned from the 2567 April, 29, 4:45 PM
R01 - Advanced Strategies to Reduce Re-hospitalizations April, 30, 8:30 AM
R02 - More Science than Art:: How to Properly Price Rent & Services for your Property April, 30, 8:30 AM
R03 - Millennials and the Evolution of Leadership April, 30, 8:30 AM
R04 - Improving Outcomes For Patients With Mental Illness and Personality Disorders April, 30, 8:30 AM
R05 - Assessment and Treatment of Lower Extremity Ulcers April, 30, 8:30 AM
R06 - A Leaders Guide Leadership Strategies: How to Incorporate the INTERACT Quality Improvement Process to Reduce Unnecessary Readmissions April, 30, 8:30 AM
R07 - Nursing Home Negligence Case Studies: Verdicts, Settlements, and Defenses April, 30, 8:30 AM
R08 - Getting into Compliance with Compliance Program Requirements for SNFs/NFs April, 30, 8:30 AM
R09 - Implementing Cultural Change to Improve Quality Outcomes and Customer Satisfaction April, 30, 8:30 AM
R10 - Planning for Strategic LTC Growth and Transactions: Latest Developments April, 30, 8:30 AM
R11 - Mythbusters: A Breath of Fresh Air for Therapy April, 30, 8:30 AM
R12 - Pepper Report:: A Windfall of Opportunity for Improved Quality Assurance April, 30, 8:30 AM
R13 - Regulatory, Survey and Quality Updates: Change is Inevitable April, 30, 8:30 AM
R14 - Crisis! Disaster Preparation and Incident Command April, 30, 8:30 AM
R15 - How to Say I'm Sorry When Things Go Wrong April, 30, 10:30 AM
R16 - Resident Mobility April, 30, 10:30 AM
R17 - Medicaid, Managed Care, and Demographics - The Future of Long Term Care April, 30, 10:30 AM
R18 - Mild Cognitive Impairment: More Than Misplacing Your Keys April, 30, 10:30 AM
R19 - Are Your HAI's Soaring Out of Control? April, 30, 10:30 AM
R20 - PEPPER, OSCAR, QMs & 5 Star Reports: How to Interpret, Understand and Utilize These Reports for Positive Results April, 30, 10:30 AM
R21 - Innovative Diagnostic Approach to Lower Back Injuries April, 30, 10:30 AM
R22 - CMS's Five Star Changes - Don't Get Blown Away! April, 30, 10:30 AM
R23 - Person-Centered Nursing Homes: Practices of Successful Leaders of Change April, 30, 10:30 AM
R24 - Utilizing a GPO for Effective Cost Reduction Strategies <b style='color: red;'>(Cancelled)</b> April, 30, 10:30 AM
R25 - Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QA/PI): Linking Quality and Survey April, 30, 10:30 AM
R26 - Strategies for Market Positioning in Post Acute Care April, 30, 10:30 AM
R27 - General Session: Making a Difference April, 30, 11:30 AM

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